Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-30

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csrroii n. Wright the Commissioner OF Labor.
mas submitted his annual report 20 SECRETARY La
mar IL relates entirely % strikes and lockouts
Tor the period Of SIN years ending December 81.
ING stating the number OF strikes IN each year ~
follows; issi, Al strikes: isSa, SsS: 1854 as;
lss4, 443; 1853 Gas; lsss. i.<ia: iss7. ssa The
total number OF employees Involved IN the whole
number OF strikes Tor the entire period IL shown 10
have been l.sls.67A The number OF employees In
all establishments before the strikes occurred vas
l.o6ao&A while the whole number emp,oyed I'm
The establishments involved after the strikes oc-
CURED cur Was lesae4 loss OF 7ee. There were
loaGS new employees engaged after thu strikeA
and 81. $s3 were brought from other places than
those In which the strikes occurred
during the SIX years named In the-s rbege wcrs
l1aso employees before the lockouts occurred ana
1855 1855, atter the iockouts white the number
lasf6 new employees secured at the close OF lock
outs, ana 5.ose were brought from other places
than tnuse 10 which the iockouts occurred
OF the whole number OF employees involved N
s.hkes during the SIX years covered by the report
$50 pei cent were males and ll.s4 per cent
The same period as per cent were males and
5l2s per cent were females OF the .,2 $40 estat-
ne en- In which strikes occurred In s342 OF
,aoo, organizations while OF the . s2 establish
menus In which lockouts occurred l, 7sa or so -
ayers The results OF the strikes 80 far as gaining
the objects sought are concerned. are SHOWN 10 b.
US loiiows: Success followed in lo,zos caseS or
fu9s pei cent OF the whole; partial success IN
Soo4, OF l3&S per cent OF the whole, and failure
. io IN 1910 cases, or $40 per cent OF the
BY lockout ga establishments or SIS per cent
on o. the whole succeeded IN gaining theft point;
~ w. oS III per cent parity succeeded and .Soa
objects OF strikes Il is shown that incrcass a
wages was the principal one-42SS per cent
A wAsr Loss or SkARry go. 100000 70 sxrtorEs.
Disclaiming absolute accuracy, the report gives
the losses OF employees and employers resulting
rom strikes and lockouts as follows: Lossss e
strikers during the six years covered by the In
designations ISL ,sl6l65; loss 20 employees Tor
iockouts during the same period o. la2 ~ or Q
, sotai wage loss 70 empioyes Of sSeess ss2. THIS
245ls Establishments or an average loss OF ~ CAS-
10 each establishment, OF nearly $40 20 each
urin nv Ine assistance given 70 strikers
amounted 10 $50, o57; 70 those suffering from
Iockouts ", 1oo,o3s or total OF - $50 5a5 Thes6
amounts however, the Commissioner says are un-
douotedly too low.
REUNION on TEE CLASS on 'sa-The second An
nual reunion OF the class OF 80 OF the washingtop
high school was held last evening az sheldouS
ma, hal Inc evening program Included address BY
Miss Burrough recitation by Miss Hine. and the
following toasts: $40 class 80" H. {. Fisher; $40
members who are college students" 4 II La Fetrs:
10 the principal OF The W. II. 5. and WIFE," W. 4
Horton; ITO the ofYicers and retiring oficers Class
Sc, l. p. Clephane.
FINED FOR AN AssAULr.-Col James q. Tracey
vas before the Police court this afternoon, charged
with assaulting Robert McMurray. IL was shown
that bad feeling existed between the parties Wit
nesses testified that a few evenings ago when Nc
Murray was passing along street, between 10th
and 11th Streets Tracey assaulted him from be-
hind ana McMurTay fell 10 the pavement injurfng
his head hchurray testified that he was rem
d red unconscious from the effects OF the fall
Col Tracey testified that McMurray nrst assaulted
him and that ne only defended himself The court
Imposed q nne OF t25 or 30 days In jail Appeal
noted